I always get emotional watching these episodes they are just so raw and human, I loved this episode, Thank you 😀

We all have ancestors who were good, bad and ugly.

Did anyone else put together her favorite acting gig The Illusionist being set in Austria/Hungaria and her father's family lineage being Austria/Hungarian? Interesting!

Not getting Native American DNA doesn’t mean you don’t have Native American ancestors. Check your updates when they come out. My Indigenous DNA showed up 3 years after I took the test with Ancestry; however, I took my DNA raw data to GEDmatch and it showed up then. Remember: AncestryDNA doesn’t test your entire genetics. They only pull a small autosomal sequence. FTDNA tests your entire DNA. It costs a good penny but you will get your full genetic makeup. Also, keep in mind that DNA results are based on the collective of everyone DNA sample that particular company in their database so your results will be a little different with every company you test with. There are other companies who pull your complete makeup but it’ll cost a few hundred dollars or even more.

I like that she tries to fathom the background of a hitherto opaque family story and to learn the whole story. - 35:53 - 36:18 "Wait, there is a river in the story?" [...] 36:48 - 37:00 "The prison isn't part of the family story, but apparently there is a river ... where I've been waiting for."

I enjoyed learning the details how people lived during the civil war.

So noce to know that someone with great beauty, fame and wealth can be so courteous and kind.... A real sweetheart 😘

The catch is...siblings can have different DNA markers for different aspects of the family heritage.

She's a REALLY good narrator. I love her voice. Probably reads tons of books to her son.

What a bittersweet family past :’( long admired Jessica Biel I think she’s absolutely beautiful

Ironically Jessica Played a Hungarian Princess living in Austria in " The Illusionist " Movie she was in .

I love her narrations! It's like the movies. ❤

My great-grandfather died of typho-malaria at the prison in Alton, IL. He had been captured after the battle of Resaca, GA, along with his cousin. His cousin was able to return home to tell the family what had happened to my great-grandfather.

There are two towns (villages) called Biel in Slovakia (a part of Austro-hungarian Empire in 19th cent.) that I know of. One, called Biel is in the very far eastern part of the country, right on the border with Hungary, and also very close to today Ukraine. The other one is called Veľký Biel ("Big" Biel) and is some 15 kms east from Slovak´s capital city Bratislava. The word "biel" is derived from "biely" stands for white in Slovak. If her ancestors´ name was back then Slavic (Biel) and not Hungarian and the fact they were registered in Slovak-written Židovská matrika (Jewish register), I believe they could have been consider of Slovak nationality and citizens of Austro-hungarian Empire. Many of these people could speak Slovak as well Hungarian. Chicago as their endpoint on their way is probably no coincidence either - Chicago held the largest community of Slovak immigrants. And most of them traveled through Hamburg.

She's very skilled at reading handwritten prose.

She really is The Most Beautiful Woman on Earth.

Hi from Slovakia!
Morris(Moritz,or Móric)Biel was birth in Porúbka village,near Žilina(Sillein,Zsolna) in Slovakia in 1852.Biel is a common surname here til now.
Many of American celebrities had their ancestors from Slovakia(Paul Newman,Steve McQueen,Andy Warhol,Angelina Jolie,Jon Bon Jovi and many more...

Many of us say the word 'feel' when we truly mean the word 'think'.  There is quite a difference.  Perhaps it is time to change our wording.

My mother’s family were convinced that my redheaded tan grandmother was Irish and Shawnee. She was neither. Instead she was English and  Dutch with an anglicized name. Family lore.

She is not only beautiful but smart too !